By Political Reporter- Self-imposed CCC leader Sengezo Tshabangu has received $1.6 million from the Zanu PF government.

The money is part of government funding political parties get after every election.

Tshabangu received the money last week as the government-recognised leader of the CCC after he pushed out Nelson Chamisa.

According to the Political Parties (Finance) Act, parties that manage to get at least 5% of the vote receive funding from the government.

 
The government disbursed ZiG47,883,500 to Zanu PF and ZiG22,116,500 to CCC. The government’s official rate is 13.9, converting the CCC portion to $1.6m.
The government takes the money from the Treasury, which is funded by taxes levied on ordinary Zimbabweans when they buy goods, import goods into Zimbabwe, or when they transact electronically.
Tshabangu seemed to appear out of nowhere to challenge Nelson Chamisa’s authority when he, claiming to be CCC Secretary General, sent a letter to parliament recalling elected CCC MPs from parliament.

Strangely, the Speaker of Parliament acknowledged and acted on the recall letters, despite Chamisa and other senior CCC leaders protesting that there was a Secretary General post in the CCC.